Blogging The Boys has found optimism for the Cowboys chances next season by looking to the past. The 1991 Dallas team, to be exact. They’ve put together a comprehensive and accurate comparison between the two teams, which essentially boils down to this: Both the ’91 and ’09 Cowboys were 11-5, both had plenty of playmakers, but both lacked solid foundations at key positions.
The ‘91 Cowboys: A Case Study For Jerry Jones’ Current Team
↵In the offseason before the ‘92 season — in which you may recall the Cowboys won the Super Bowl — Dallas added five key pieces. One of which was LB Charles Haley. If you’ve read Jeff Pearlman’s “Boys Will Be Boys” then you’ll know Haley brought more than just his pass-rushing skills to that team.
↵I’m not suggesting Dallas needs a mentally unstable public masturbater in the locker room, but it certainly worked for the ’92 team. Plus it led to the chapter “The Last Naked Warrior,” arguably the finest in literary history.
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